TIL The Earth Is Running Out of Sand, Spurring a Cutthroat Black Market
TIL The Earth Is Running Out of Sand, Spurring a Cutthroat Black Market
Sand is the second most-used resource after water, but it’s unregulated and ripping environments apart.
Sand is the second most-used resource after water, but it’s unregulated and ripping environments apart.
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For people that wonder „hey there are deserts full of sand“, that is a different sand. To built things you need sand with edges. The sand in the deserts is round.
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Could we just add some edges to the round sand? Like break them into pieces or something?
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a sandpaper, for sands
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Not exactly something I ever expected to hear... So why isn't this turning into a bountiful export opportunity for North African countries?
Whole lotta sand there. Not much in the way of ecosystem to worry about... Very close to easy shipping routes...